Operation Highway 66

Operation Highway 66 occurred in early 1967 during the Vietnam War. The US Army launched the operation with the goal of protecting Firebase Georgin in Gia Lai Province, South Vietnam, and they succeeded in defending their base after launching a fighting retreat from the rice fields and into the jungle. Using air support, they succeeded in repelling Viet Cong attacks through the jungle, and they inflicted heavy losses on the Viet Cong, who failed in their objective of overrunning the firebase.